Gasoline filter and separator



April 13 1926. 1,580,470

.1. B. DUBY GASOLINE FILTER AND SEPARATOR Filed Nov. 11, 1922 .um g Ii Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

JOHN B. DUBY, or CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GASOLINE FILTER AND SEPAATOR.

Application led November 11, 1922.. Serial No; 600,293.

To cl2 whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN BATES DUBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusettshaife invented certainV new and useful Improvements in Gasoline Filters and Separators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to filtering devices for liquids, and is especially concerned with devices of this character designed to be used in the gasoline line of a motor vehicle.

It is customary at the present time to use one or more screens in the gasoline line that leads from the supply tank to the carburetor of an automobile. These screens ar-e intended to strain out dirt and prevent its reaching the carburetor where it would be Vvery likely to lodge in the needle valve and thus interfere seriously'with the prop er flow of fuel mixture to the cylinders of the engine. The Screens with which automobiles usually are equipped, however, perform this function only very imperfectly, as automobile owners have abundant reason to know. lVhile these screens usuallyT do catchl the larger particles of dirt and foreign materials that are carried along in the stream of gasoline, they fail to strain out the fine sediment which often causes even more trouble than the relatively large particles of solid matter. Furthermore, such screens are so located that it is usually difficult to clean them, and they are totally ineffective in separating water from the gasoline.

The present invention has for its chief object to devise a filtering device which can be conveniently connected into the gasoline line immediately behind the carburetor, and which will not only eifectually filter out any particles of solid material that might cause trouble in the carburetor, but will also separate from the gasoline any water entrained therein. It is also an obiect of the inven- -tion to devise an article of this character which will eliminate much of the tendency for thc particles of dirt to mat on to the filter, and which can easily be kept clean.

The nature of the invention will be readily understood from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure 1 is e Perspective View of filtering device embodying the invention in the form at present preferred;

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional View of thek device shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 isa perspective view of a portion of the filter and the perforated ring that holds' the filter in its seat.

The construction shown comprises a hollow body or casing 2 having an inlet opening near the ylower end thereof andv an outlet opening 4 near its upper end. Suitable connectors or fittings 5 and 6 are threaded into the body to permit the connection of the filter in the gasoline line. Positioned between the inlet and outlet is a filter 7 which yis supported on a circumferential shoulder or seat 8 formed inthe body 2. This body preferably is of circular cross section, and the filter consists of several superposed sheets of wire fabric or gauze, one such sheet of gauzebeing designated at 7', Fig. l. The upper'open end of the body 2 is closed by an imperforate cover lfllhaving a tapered portion to fit in a correspondingly tapered seat in the body, this cover being held in place by a rod 12 which extends through the body from end to end. The upper end of this rod is threaded into they cover 10, and a nut 14 threaded on the lower 'end' of the rod has a tapered or conical end which fits in a tapered seat formed in the bottom of the body 2, this nut acting through the rod 12 to draw' the cover firmly into its seat. Atan intermediate point in its length, the rod 12 is provided with a shoulder which bears on a perforated disk 15 that rests on the filter 7 and holds the filter firmly in its seat 8.

This filtering device is connected in the gasoline linein substantially the position shown, the inlet being lower than the outlet. Gasoline flows into the chamber below the filter 7 and then flows upwardly through the filter and out through the outlet 4. Due to thisarrangement any water or heavy particles of dirt carried along with the gasoline will settle in the lower part of the chamber below the filter. Any particles of dirt which are so small as to be carried along by the current of gasoline will, however, be caught by the filter 7 and strained out.y Preferably the filtering material used is of such a nature that when once wet with gasoline, it will not permit the passage of water through it. A very fine wire -gauze answers this purpose,fbut cha-mois and other materials may beiised in its place. The delivery of clean gasoline only to the carburetor thus is ensured.

For the purpose ot enabling` the driver to drain oil the water or sediment trapped in the lower chamber ot the device, Aa vdrain cock 16 is threaded into the body near the bottom of this chamber. A plug 17 is threaded into the body at a diametrioally opposite point so that the petcocl and plug` can be interchanged when it is de sired ,to have the drain cock on the opposite side ot', the body.

Usually it is necessary to clean thelilter 'l' at only relatively infrequentintervals, but it `is desirable to open the cock lroccasionally and drain oli' the water and sediment that have collected in the lower Chamber. Should the filter becomeplngged with sediment, however,1t is simply necessary to unscrew the nut lil -and reinovetlie cover l0, disk l5, and filter 7. ,The i'ilter may then be cleaned land replaced, or a new one may be substituted.

The invention therefore provides a device which not onlyel'lectively ren'iovesdirt from the `gasoline stream` but also removes water whichfotten is entrained with thegasoline. The device is sturdy and substantial .in construction. and all the parts preferably niade ot brass,lnonze or other metal which will not be corroded by the liquid that comes in vcontact. with it, so that it .will last practically as-longI the vehicle on which it is installed.

TWhile I have herein shown and describet the best embodiment o'fn'iy invention which l have so tar devised, it will be :appreciated that the invention may be embodied in other forms without departing-froin the spirit or scope thereof.

Having` thus described my invention2 what I desireto claim as new is:

21. A device of the character described comprising a hollow body, an inlet opening into the lower part of said body, an outlet leading' from the upper part of said body, a ilter `positioned between said inlet and ont let, sai-d body having an open top with a tapered seat therein, an impertorate cover having atapered portion to lit in said seat.v a rod having); its upper end secured in said cover and extendingl longitudinally through said body, vand a nut havinga tapered end to engage a correspondingly shaped seat in the lower side oi" said body and having` a threaded engagement with said rod, whereby it operative to draw said cover snugly into its seat.

A device of vthe character `described coinprisinga hollow body`v an inlet opening into the lower part of said body, an ontlcL leading' from the upper part oit said body, a lilter positioned between said inlet and outlet; said body having' a seattherein snpportinggj said ilterand having` an open top provided with a ta )ered seat, a cover having a. tapered portion to i'it in said tapered seat, a rod fastened-at. its upper end to said cover andprojecting; through said body, said body` havinga hole in the bottom thereof thronnh which said rod projects, said hole being; outwardly tapered, .and a nut having); a taperedfend to lit said hole and threaded on theilower end of said rod.

YJCI-IN YB DUBY. 

